English

go at it

/ˌɡoʊ ˈæt ɪt/
As go at + it; spoken emphasis typically on 'go'.

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    From go + at it or go at + it.

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    • partEnglishgo “To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as p…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgon
        • inheritedOld Englishgān
      • borrowedJapanese碁
        • derivedJapanese囲碁
    • partEnglishgo at “Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, at.”
    • partEnglishat it “Occupied with a given activity; busy with something.”
    • partEnglishit “The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract en…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishit
        • inheritedOld Englishhit “it”

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